Generators Save Your Home!

Portable electric generators New Jersey come in all sizes and levels of quality. They can provide you with emergency power to run virtually any electric appliance in your home. They can also provide electric power for picnics, camping and construction needs. However, if you plan to power a whole house air conditioner or heat pump, you are dreaming. These large electrical devices will overwhelm an average or large size portable generator.

Portable electrical generators New Jersey are sized by the amount of watts they will produce when operating. A 2,500 watt generator will supply enough electricity to power twenty-five 100 watt light bulbs for 30 minutes. After that, you should reduce the load by 10 percent to avoid overheating the generator. The total capacity of a generator cannot always be delivered to a single appliance. The power you can deliver to any one appliance is determined by the size of the outlets on the side of the generator.

Sizing a generator New Jersey for your household emergency needs can be a bit complicated. You need to calculate the total amount of watts (electrical load) you might have connected to the generator at any one time. Appliances and motors have labels that tell you how many watts the appliance requires while operating. In addition, certain appliances require significantly more power at start-up than while actually running. Refrigerators, furnace blower motors, freezers, washing machines, etc. are examples of these appliances. If you have ever seen your lights temporarily dim while your refrigerator starts up you know what I am talking about.